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However, this partnership did not last long and by 1897, Harry Clifton Soundy was trading on his own account as Clifton & Co, from a studio in Meadows Street, Bombay. The studio was the venue for daily screenings of silent films from 1897 <ref>http://www.indiamarks.com/guide/The-First-movies/242/</ref>. (This opportunity probably arose from his father, A.F. Soundy’s involvement in the showing of the French Lumiere Brothers’ Cinematography in July – September 1896, by Marius Sestier. )<ref>http://www.victorian-cinema.net/sestier.htm; http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/film/marius-sestier-collection/</ref>
The early years of the Clifton & Co business are partly documented through brief advertisements and news item references in ''The Times of India''. Some examples are:
- Bombay Volunteer Rifles Cycling Club: 3rd prize, value Rs20 presented for the “Ladies’ Half Mile Handicap”(T of I, Jan 6, 1899)
- Photographs of the Presidency Cricket Match at Rs1 each (T of I 14 Aug 1899)
==Later years and death of Harry Clifton Soundy==
Harry Clifton Soundy married on 4 July 1907 at [[Mussoorie ]] to Daisy Holloway. The couple only had one child, Phyllis Marjorie Soundy, born 31 August 1908. The family lived in a lovely residence at 17 Harkness Road, Malabar Hill.
Harry died of dysentery in Bombay on 31 August 1922 and was buried the following day in Sewri Cemetery. The death notice reads:
